Sticky model of charged colloids

Summary We use the Sticky Electrolyte Model, which we solved before in PY/MSA, to obtain the equation of state of a charge colloid taking into account both sticky and charge contribution. Paper presented at the I International Conference on Scaling Concepts and Complex Fluids, Copanello, Italy, July 4–8, 1994.     

Brans-Dicke Cosmology–A Generalization in Anisotropic Space-Time Models

The generalized Brans-Dicke (BD) Cosmology has been studied for Bianchi-I, Bianchi-III and Kantowski-Sachs anisotropic space-time models. Solutions have been obtained for radiation-dominated era, stiff matter epoch and other equations of state.     

Fluctuating semiflexible polymer ribbon constrained to a ring

Twist stiffness and an asymmetric bending stiffness of a polymer or a polymer bundle is captured by the elastic ribbon model. We investigate the effects a ring geometry induces to a thermally fluctuating ribbon, finding bend-bend coupling in addition to twist-bend coupling. Furthermore, due to the geometric constraint the polymer's effective bending stiffness increases. A new parameter for experimental investigations of polymer bundles is proposed: the mean square diameter of a ribbonlike ring, which is determined analytically in the semiflexible limit. Monte Carlo simulations are performed which affirm the model's prediction up to high flexibility.     

Combining linear polarization spectroscopy and the Representative Layer Theory to measure the Beer–Lambert law absorbance of highly scattering materials

Visible and Near Infrared (Vis–NIR) Spectroscopy is a powerful non destructive analytical method used to analyze major compounds in bulk materials and products and requiring no sample preparation. It is widely used in routine analysis and also in-line in industries, in-vivo with biomedical applications or in-field for agricultural and environmental applications. However, highly scattering samples subvert Beer–Lambert law's linear relationship between spectral absorbance and the concentrations. Instead of spectral pre-processing, which is commonly used by Vis–NIR spectroscopists to mitigate the scattering effect, we put forward an optical method, based on Polarized Light Spectroscopy to improve the absorbance signal measurement on highly scattering samples. This method selects part of the signal which is less impacted by scattering. The resulted signal is combined in the Absorption/Remission function defined in Dahm's Representative Layer Theory to compute an absorbance signal fulfilling Beer–Lambert's law, i.e. being linearly related to concentration of the chemicals composing the sample. The underpinning theories have been experimentally evaluated on scattering samples in liquid form and in powdered form. The method produced more accurate spectra and the Pearson's coefficient assessing the linearity between the absorbance spectra and the concentration of the added dye improved from 0.94 to 0.99 for liquid samples and 0.84–0.97 for powdered samples.     

SCR催化剂碱(土)金属中毒的研究进展

在选择性催化还原(SCR)烟气脱硝系统中,催化剂碱(土)金属中毒和再生受到广泛关注。本文综述了SCR脱硝催化剂碱(土)金属中毒的失活机理及基于分子水平上碱金属中毒的研究新思路,并根据催化剂的各种失活机理,有针对性地综述了提高催化剂抗碱金属中毒的途径及中毒催化剂的再生方法。     

弹塑性有限变形的拟流动理论

本文提出一种弹塑性有限变形的拟流动理论。该理论从正交性法则出发，通过引入“拟弹性模量”和模量衰减函数并改进应变率的弹塑性分解，实现了由有限变形Ｐｒａｎｄｔｌ－Ｒｅｕｓｓ流动理论（Ｊ２Ｆ）向基于非正交法则的率形式形变理论（Ｊ２Ｄ）的合理的光滑过渡；并适用于初始及后继各向异性变形分析。在特殊条件下，可退化为Ｊ２Ｆ、Ｊ２Ｄ理论以及由任意各向异性屈服函数描述的流动理论。将该理论用于韧性金属平面应力／应变拉伸失稳与变形局部化的有限元模拟，并与理论分析及实验结果相比较，表明了本文理论的正确性。     

Viscosity of liquid suspensions with fractal aggregates: Magnetic nanoparticles in petroleum colloidal structures

New physical model is presented resulting in a simple formula for the dependence of viscosity η of colloidal liquid solution on the shear rate G applicable to a wide variety of systems including complex natural liquids like petroleum. The principal point of the model is the fractal nature of colloid particle aggregates present in the liquid. Such aggregates are experimentally detected now in non-Newtonian liquids. The model is based on calculation of energy loss on colloidal particle aggregate of fractal structure localized in the flow of liquid with shear rate. We have performed the viscosity measurement experiments which confirmed successfully the developed physical model. Also, we demonstrate experimentally that petroleum colloidal particles and magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles can form composite fractal-like aggregates in natural petroleum materials. Our model can explain both the non-Newtonian properties of petroleum and sensitivity of petroleum viscosity to external magnetic fields.     

Experimental investigation of the difference in B-term dominated band broadening between fully porous and porous-shell particles for liquid chromatography using the Effective Medium Theory

The difference in B-term diffusion between fully porous and porous-shell particles is investigated using the physically sound diffusion equations originating from the Effective Medium Theory (EMT). Experimental data of the B-term diffusion obtained via peak parking measurements on six different commercial particle types have been analyzed (3 porous and 3 non porous). All particles were investigated using the same experimental design and test analytes, over a very broad range of retention factor values. First, the B-term reducing effect of the solid core (inducing an additional obstruction compared to fully porous particles) has been quantified using the Hashin-Shtrikman expression, showing that the presence of a solid core can account for a reduction of about 11% when the core diameter makes up 63% of the total particle diameter (Halo and Poroshell-particles) and a reduction of 16% when the core diameter makes up 73% (Kinetex). Remaining differences can be attributed to differences in the microscopic structure of the meso-porous material (meso-pore diameter, internal porosity or relative void volume). The much lower B-term diffusion of Halo and Kinetex particles compared to the fully porous Acquity particles (some 20-40% difference, of which about 10-15% can be attributed to the presence of the solid core) can hence largely be attributed to the much smaller internal porosity and the smaller pore size of the meso-porous material making up the shell of these particles.     

Hypergraph list coloring and Euclidean Ramsey theory

A hypergraph is simple if it has no two edges sharing more than a single vertex. It is s‐list colorable (or s‐choosable) if for any assignment of a list of s colors to each of its vertices, there is a vertex coloring assigning to each vertex a color from its list, so that no edge is monochromatic. We prove that for every positive integer r, there is a function d_r(s) such that no r‐uniform simple hypergraph with average degree at least d_r(s) is s‐list‐colorable. This extends a similar result for graphs, due to the first author, but does not give as good estimates of d_r(s) as are known for d₂(s), since our proof only shows that for each fixed r ≥ 2, d_r(s) ≤ 2 We use the result to prove that for any finite set of points X in the plane, and for any finite integer s, one can assign a list of s distinct colors to each point of the plane so that any coloring of the plane that colors each point by a color from its list contains a monochromatic isometric copy of X. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Random Struct. Alg., 2011